COPS team returns to Swannanoa

Many focus more on traffic than crime

9:15 PM,
Nov. 5, 2013

Sheriff Van Duncan

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Sheriff Van Duncan delivered a disclaimer early in the meeting to those gathered to discuss the crime issues in the community, knowing that a team of his officers were entering this area for the third time in a year and a half.

"Swannanoa has not slid off a cliff just because we've been out here three times," Duncan said to about 20 residents Monday evening at the Swannanoa fire station on Bee Tree Road.

A significant portion of the meeting centered on traffic concerns, including speeding on Grovemont and unsafe drivers in general. Residents also discussed the need for traffic lights near Owen ...